Monte Morris hit a runner with nine seconds left and fourth-ranked Iowa State rallied from a 20-point deficit to stun Iowa 83-82.
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Unfortunately, Randy Peterson, the Cyclones beat reporter for the Des Moines Register, was trampled in the ensuing chaos.
An exciting game in Ames, Iowa between Iowa State and intrastate rival Iowa, had a awful ending as a local reporter suffered what sounds like a gruesome leg injury when fans stormed the court.
Peterson, who was photographed at the hospital still wearing his press pass, took to Twitter shortly after the incident.
The big run didn’t truly start until the end of the third quarter, where Iowa State’s Nicole “Kidd” Blaskowsky threw a baseball-style pass to Meredith Burkhall for a buzzer-beating layup.
Put another way, are there any Iowa fans that expected anything other than their hearts getting ripped out on Thursday night? “Coach Prohm and I have both personally spoken with Randy and have assured him we will do whatever we can to help them through what they are dealing with”. That’s a great moment.
Iowa State had two players score 20 points in Morris and Jameel McKay and got a 19-point night from Matt Thomas, who hit six 3-pointers. Iowa State just didn’t have an answer for him in those first twenty minutes, and they also didn’t have an answer for their sloppy offensive play. “I think they’ve probably been looking at it for a while”. His shots galvanized the team and the home crowd at moments when it looked like Iowa State was ready to fold, and all of this was coming off the bench. “Beyond that, we want to get a better understanding of what transpired, what security was in place and how to prevent something like this from happening again”.
Following the Cyclones’ come-from-behind win, fans stormed the Hilton Coliseum floor.
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“That’s ‘Big Game Tay, ‘” McKay said, referencing Morris’s nickname. Alas, it was not to be and the shot clanged out, triggering a court-storming by the Iowa State fans in a state of bewilderment. “They did a really good job capitalizing on our mistakes”.
